Lion (color)

Lion
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#DECC9C
sRGBB (r, g, b)(222, 204, 156)
HSV (h, s, v)(44°, 30%, 87%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(82, 39, 69°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorGrayish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
A male lion in Namibia

Lion is a color that is a representation of the average color of the fur of a lion.

The first recorded use of lion as a color name in English was in 1551.[1]

  1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 198; Color Sample of Lion: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample G7